MMA and me; day 110

Boxing was another day of slower cadence, and we added a new bit to work on. We started with a 2-3-2 into a catch four, and then a high-low counter, where you catch a 2 high on your left side, pop their jab down with your right, and go straight into the 2-3-2 for the counter. We then added some body and head movement in the form of catching two body shots into a 6-2-3-2, slipping twice, and then a roll counter. We finished by adding one more catch four, and a final roll counter. The nice thing about this sequence, is that you can keep at it indefinitely. From the final roll counter, you can go right back into the catch four that kicked the whole thing off. It ends up looking like this; 2-3-2-catch four-high low counter-body catch-body catch-6-2-3-2-slip-slip-roll counter-catch four-roll counter. That's a total of forty punches! It was a fantastic sequence, and I plan on working on it a lot. We finished with Reagan putting us through a different set of core exercises than we usually do. It was pretty taxing, but it was nice to change things up.

We started jiu jitsu with some stretching and then grappling drills. We moved onto partner drills where first we worked on passing around the feet into high judo from side to side. The key is to keep both hands on the mat, one on each side of their hips, and your feet as far back as you can. As soon as your feet get far enough out, you almost baseball slide into high judo, getting your knee up near the ear, and keeping your ribcage pressed to theirs. We worked on swinging arm bar drills, peacocking triangles, lunge guard passes, and snap arm bars from mount. I need to work a lot on the last one. I have the flexibility, but the technique is still lacking. Getting better though! Quite sore today, but it's a good sore.